Binder-frame-cover hinge.



No. 832,939. PATBNTED 001. 9, 1906.

W. J. WATTBRS.

BINDER FRAME COVER HINGE. APPLIGATION FILED OCT. 30, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrron.

WILLIAM J. WATTERS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO OFFICE SUPPLY COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

BlNDER-FRAME-COVER HINGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 1906.

Original application filed September 26, 1904, Serial No. 225,931- Divided. and this application filed October 30, 1905- Serial To all whom itvnay concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. WATTERS, a citizen of the United States, residing. at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Binder-Frame-Cover Hinges, of which the following is a specification.

This application is a division of my application, Serial No. 225,931, filed September 26, 1904..

The object of this invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, light, easily constructed, and assembled hinge for pivotally connecting the covers to the binder-frame.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a binder-frame embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the hinge.

The binder-frame selected for illustrating this invention is covered in my aforesaid application and is selected for convenience to show the adaptation and arrangement of the present invention in connection with a binderframe. It will be perfectly obvious that the invention may be employed in binder-frames of many varieties, and I do not in any way restrict its use to a binder-frame ofany particular kind or construction.

The frame illustrated in thedrawings comprises a back member 10 and relatively movable side members 11, to which the covers 12 (a portion of one being shown) are hinged.

- It will not be necessary to enter into a detail description of the means for opening and closing the frame, as that forms no part of this invention and may be varied as desired.

The movable members are preferably stamped out of sheet metal and are provided with openings 13, disposed at suitable inter vals lengthwise of the members. U-shaped hinge members 14 are adapted to be inserted in said openings, and they have their ends 15 turned outwardly to form flanges which engage the edges of the openings 13 and prevent said hinge members from being disengaged from the frame. The hinge members receive the pivot-rod 16, which carries the cover 12.

This invention provides a simple and inexpensive hinge for pivotally connecting the cover to the frame, as the hinge member can be made very cheaply by stamping it out of sheet metal. The'invention also avoids the necessity of riveting or otherwise fastening the hinge member to the frame and provides a light and easily-assembled hinge of a strong and substantial character.

Without limiting myself to the exact construction and arrangement of parts herein shown and described, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with the side member of a binder-frame provided with openings therein, of a cover, a rod for pivoting the cover to said member, and hinge members detachably arranged in said openings to re ceive said pivot-rod.

2. The combination with a side member of a binder-frame provided with openings therein, of a cover, a rod for pivoting the cover to said member, and U-shapedhinge members detachably arranged in said openings to receive said pivot-rod.

3. The combination with the side member of a binder-frame provided with openings therein, of a cover, a rod for pivoting the cover to said member, and U-shaped hinge members detachably arranged in said openings to receive said pivot-rod and provided with flanges to engage the under side of the edges of said openings.

WILLIAM J. WATTERS. Witnesses:

WM.-O. BELT, M. A. KIDDIE. 

